Monday, June 22, 2009

This morning the hot water heater for my office was on the blink. So I called maintenance to let them know.

The 12 year old answering the phone kept telling me someone would be over "in 5 minutes". So after 3 hours of nothing happening (except for my staff getting pissed off) I called again, only to reach the same 12 year old.

I asked her when a realistic idea of a repair would be:

Ms. Twelveyearold: "Look, I really don't know. Um, do you live near here?"

Dr. Grumpy: "Yes, why?"

Ms. Twelveyearold: "Then why don't you just go get some?"

Dr. Grumpy (not sure I've heard right): "Excuse me?"

Ms. Twelveyearold: "Why don't you go home and fill up some tupperware with hot water? Then you could store it in your office or fridge or wherever until you need it, while we try to get someone up there to fix it."

I nearly fell off my chair laughing, picturing the wide eyes of Dr. Grumpy at this earnest but not quite thought through self-help measure, The incongruity of it just strikes the funnybone. Here Dr. Grumpy is trying to accommodate the needs of his clinical practice; on the other hand, this kid is trying to come up with a plausible solution to help out the business he's evidently gotten himself involved. You just can't make this kind of story up.

Though I spoke with corporate this morning trying to explain that being employed with said company since May 2008 means I've been employed with them for >6 months. They weren't grasping it til I explained that it's currently 2009.

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